Roger PULWARTY, NOAA, United States
Rapid advances in climate science and observational technology have led to global climate models displaying increased skill for particular variables at higher spatial scales. At the same time, regional and national entities and communities have increasingly greater access to a number of global products. This would not have been possible without the long-standing operational exchange of data, platforms, and information services among the nations of the world over the past 70 years. The global community has also recognized that many regions and countries had insufficient capability and capacity to benefit from climate services. Such services are needed to identify robust signals, assess information credibility and reliability, and chart the likely future states of the climate, impacts and response pathways. In recognition of these challenges, the Global Framework for Climate Services was launched in 2009 at the Third UN World Climate Conference. The GFCS is experiencing renewed impetus in 2021 as it moves into its second decade implementation. The process of anticipating and adapting to coupled environmental and social changes is recognized as an ongoing evolution of assessment, action, learning, and response through multiple actor networks. None of these actions can be designed optimally a priori. Factors include the growing complexity and uncertainty of increased rates of change, resource availability and demands, and understanding how best to engage communities to co-develop, support and benefit from use-inspired climate services implementation on an ongoing basis. This presentation will outline the approaches, lessons and progress in developing, financing, delivering and using climate science and services, through international efforts around the GFCS climate information system and other partner systems, to support adaptive risk management at the regional level, including small islands and large watersheds,in the face of climate extremes, variability and change.
Mots clés : climate|information|adaptation|services|regions
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